O'regan: Scattered Rhymes / Orlando Consort

Ancient and modern mingle in this beautifully sung program. The title work, by the imaginative English composer Tarik O'Regan, is a (mostly) Petrarch song cycle, built on themes borrowed from Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame. A velvety account of the Machaut original is included, too, along with other works by Machaut, Mr. O'Regan, Dufay and Gavin Bryars. - Alan Kozinn, NY Times